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Surprisingly, cicada broods keep going extinct. Some experts are working to save them.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoThe passenger pigeon once darkened the skies over the Midwest (they went extinct in 1914). A swarm...
What happened to these extinct Florida birds? Plus one that's still here but on the ropes
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA federal agency last month removed a bird native to Florida from the Endangered Species List,...
Inside the controversial plan to bring extinct animals back from the dead
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCLIMATE CRISIS: Some scientists now claim they can use modern biotechnology to bring back long-dead...
Looking Back: A schoolhouse in Charlevoix and pigeons (to eat!)
Petoskey News Review via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA few weeks ago, Looking Back looked back at the vast number of passenger pigeons that blanketed the...
What makes some species more likely to go extinct?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDinosaurs had some bad luck, but sooner or later extinction comes for all of us. rawpixel/Unsplash.com, CC BYThough they say “‘tis impossible to be sure...
32 fascinating photos of one of the world's largest bird collections that the public will never see
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDrawers of birds and Smithsonian scientist Roxie Laybourne at the Smithsonian National Museum of...
175 Random Trivia Questions And Answers That Will Stump Anyone Who Isn't A Genius
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIf you and your friends have been craving a trivia night, this set of questions and answers is for...
Opinion/Martin: Is it right to use technology to 'de-extinct' this - or any - creature?
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe thylacine, aka the Tasmanian tiger, more properly, Thylacinus cynocephalus. Meet this creature...
We are a part of the web of life
Daily Montanan via Yahoo News· 1 week agoBiodiversity is simply the web of life that includes us. Montana lists more than 300 species at risk or potentially at risk. That is evidence that the...
Experts warn of a "biological holocaust" as human-caused extinction "mutilates" the tree of life
Salon via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDodo; Natural History Museum Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Humans have caused so many changes to our...